Facts About Enrollment

In fall 2014, there were 433,952 students enrolled in Minnesota public and private postsecondary institutions. Of these, 288,965 were undergraduates, 114,456 were graduate students and 30,531 were high school dual-enrolled students.

There are more women students enrolled than men. Enrollments of women students have increased each year since 1982, when they were equal to men enrollments. At the undergraduate level, there are more women than men enrolled across all race/ethnicity backgrounds.

In 2014, approximately 28 percent of college-going Minnesota high school graduates attended a postsecondary institution in another state.

During the past ten years, while the number of undergraduates enrolled changes from year to year, the percentage of undergraduates who are Minnesota residents has remained relatively stable. In 2014, non-resident undergraduates comprised 21 percent, or 11,132 of all new freshmen who attended a Minnesota postsecondary institution.

The percentage of students graduating from a Minnesota four-year postsecondary institution after four years was 44 percent and after six years was 63 percent. Women were more successful in earning their bachelor's degrees within six years than men, regardless of race/ethnicity.

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development projects over 291,000 job openings between 2010 and 2020 in Minnesota will require some postsecondary education. Nearly one in three new jobs projected to be created between 2010 and 2020, and 27 percent of replacement openings will require an education level beyond high school.